Marine never got to hold infant daughter

[Barrett808]

Marine never got to hold infant daughter
By Lou Whitmire
News Journal

MANSFIELD -- Bethany Lyons last hugged her husband Christopher Lyons in February, when she joined him in Las Vegas on a two-day leave.

She was seven months pregnant.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Christopher P. Lyons of Mansfield was killed Thursday in Iraq during an attack by insurgents with rocket-propelled grenades and small arms fire.

He never got to hold his daughter Ella, now 3 months old, but he was able to see his baby and his wife on a Web cam once and in many photos the couple exchanged.

Wednesday, Bethany received an e-mail from her husband, along with 16 photos of himself in Iraq.

"I'm just thankful I'm living in this time with all the technology," Bethany said Friday night.

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http://www.centralohio.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/B7/20050730/NEWS01/507300310/1002&template=B7

[lateo]

1. Fuck George Bush.

All the death and destruction, all the rending of families, the innocent lives lost...

[TomInTib]

5. remember when F***stick

declared himself the official "hugger". Wish someone could come up with that silly-ass, inane statement he made about hugging the survivors.
Jeesh

[Rufus T. Firefly]

10. Don't forget that all that hugging is hard work.

No wonder he's on his 55th vacation.

[The_Casual_Observer]

12. He and the strumpet "Mourn" for each of them.

He probably says a silent prayer for them.

[dArKeR]

2. Warning Graphic - The only things keeping Bush in power are the Christian

Taliban and the Media Whores.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/photo/2005/06/24/2005037818

[onehandle]

3. All I know is that my SUV's tank is full.

Freedom to drive is on the march.

At $2.50 per gallon.

[teryang]

4. A story like this should be told on every fatality in Iraq, each

...parent, each child, every single loved one.

By the way, what are Halliburton earnings this quarter?

[nadinbrzezinski]

6. high, why how touching you should ask

:sarcasm:

[tabasco]

7. "Bring 'em on" squealed the cowardly frat boy.

War was no place for Georgie Silverspoon. Daddy got him straight to the top of the list for the champagne unit.

But the Little Prince could barely wait until it was his turn to start a war. He couldn't care less for CPL Lyons and his family.

[Barrett808]

13. You're filling in for Saigon68 I see. Good on you. n/t

[Qanisqineq]

8. heartbreaking

These stories (a father never holding his child that was born while he was deployed) always hit me the worst.

This whole war is just a freaking waste.

:cry:

[Rufus T. Firefly]

9. Even worse,

That headline is interchangeable with a LOT of other stories, just with different names inside

[Erika]

11. Bush and his bushbots have blood on their hands

Righties don't even want his war broadcast.